shigella

[ UK /ʃa‍ɪd‍ʒˈɛlɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
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How To Use shigella In A Sentence

  • Objective: To study phenotype trait of Shigella boydii aerogenesis variety type 14 in shandong province, and to compare it with F. coli O32.
  • Shigellosis is a highly contagious disease caused by Shigella spp. and humans are the principal reservoir of infection.
  • Upon their return they were diagnosed with cryptosporidium and shigella. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are no pus cells in the stool, thereby ruling out a bacterial diarrhea like shigella dysentery.
  • The main causes are pathogenic bacteria, such as enterotoxin e. coli, campylobacter jejuni, shigella, salmonella and vibrio, that enter the body from contaminated food and drinking water.
  • Brijesh and colleagues tested the preparation for its antibacterial, antigiardial and antiviral activities including its effect on adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, invasion of enteroinvasive E. coli, Shigella flexneri to HEp-2 cells; production of E. coli heat labile toxin, cholera toxin, and their binding to ganglioside monosialic acid receptor; and production and action of E. coli heat stable toxin. Foodconsumer.org
  • Shigella, giardiasis and amebiasis all raced through the bathhouse circuit -- and in 1981, something even stranger turned up. The Life of a Virus Hunter
  • And so there follows a long line of possible gastrointestinal issues: giardia, shigella, amoebiasis, random and indeterminate food poisoning, hookworm, tapeworm, ringworm, and naturally the occasional mystery disease, to name a few. Gan_bei: A Story of Flora, Fauna, and Kung Pao Chicken
  • The researchers found that shigella, the bacteria causing dysentery uses a Type III secretion system to inject proteins into human cells.
  • There are no pus cells in the stool, thereby ruling out a bacterial diarrhea like shigella dysentery.
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